the ball is juiced, compressed, whatever... it is a joke
walks, strikeouts, homers, boring baseball instead of 4 hit rallies, triples down the line, stolen bases, scoring from 1st on a double, hit & run, drag bunts
and the strike zone... knees to belt it seems, pitches that look good slightly above the belt are now "high, ball 4", these days (so more walks, higher pitch counts: starters are out earlier)
and the shifts, good hitters have to lift the ball, ground balls do not get thru on the shift side, so more strikeouts & homers in the process
only ONE ITEM MLB has to keep within engineering specifications: THE BASEBALL, and they let it get out of spec (maybe on purpose?)